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This year's U4 Ageing Brain Summer School will be hosted by Ghent University from 28 August till 2 September 2017.

The programme is open to Master students and junior PhD students, who have a specific interest in neuroscience and want to be trained to face one of the biggest challenge of the century: ageing.

Within a 5-­day-course, experts in the field will give high-level lectures in individual morning sessions. The afternoon sessions will comprise a group assignment that needs to be presented by the end of the week.

And apart from interesting talks and hard work, students will have the opportunity to discover the beautiful and interesting city of Ghent.

To apply for participation in this year’s summerschool please e-mail your CV and a motivation letter to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.before 30 June 2017.

Registration is free for students affiliated with a U4 University. For students of other universities the registration fee is 250 €.

Selected students will be informed about their acceptanceby by 15 July, and will be asked to transfer their payment (if applicable).

Accommodation

Accommodation can be arranged on specific request in the student home “Kantienberg” for 209 € for 7 nights.